Dr. Lecon ( Lee ) Woo was trained in chemical physics from the University of Chicago.  To date, he has been named inventor or co-inventor in 53 patents on medical devices, materials, and processes while contributing more than 150 technical articles and 12 book chapters to his professional societies. He is a fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers, member of American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, AAAS, and Sigma Xi.

Lee Woo started his professional career with E. I. Dupont working on polymer characterization techniques with an R&D-100 Award winning Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) to his credit. Prior to joining Baxter Healthcare, he conducted research on polyolefins, thermoplastic elastomers, and adhesives at the ARCO Chemical Company. In 1984, he was appointed technical director at Baxter’s corporate Material and Membrane Technology Center, and in 24 years of service at Baxter, he and his teams resolved numerous important issues, and invented new materials, processes and devices. In the mid-80’s, he discovered that many rigid plastics devices become brittle due to a phenomenon called physical aging, and found ways to prevent it. The spider diagram he used to graphically analyze product performance is now the standard practice for major companies.  In 1992, he became the first person appointed to the position of Baxter Distinguished Scientist, and currently holds the position of Distinguished Scientist Emeritus.